How's the super slim?

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I've been thinking of buying one as a backup, incase mine breaks, but what are your opinions on it? Should I just hook it up and use it as my main ps3 and put my slim on the shelf? I want to get one before new ones are impossible to find for a decent price.

I only own a super slim, got it from walmart for $150 a year and a half ago as it was being phased out. Super Slim was the latest model, right? So I can't compare to the others. But it seems sturdy to me. Top loading seems like it would make it difficult for it to have problems.

To boot, I figured since they aren't making future systems backward compatible and it was a flagship console for so long I could sell it if I ever decided i don't want it and get my money back. Maybe even get more than I paid.

Gamestop was asking for $170 for a used ps3 at the time I bought it new from walmart for the $150, hahahah. Too funny. I got 500 GB of storage too.

I have the superslim 500gb, snagged one for $170 in 2013 and sold the 2 games bundled with it (on disc) for about $45, meaning I got a new PS3 for about $125. I mainly got it to be my Blu-Ray player but also as a FIFA machine, can't say I've used it much for either. Just not much of a console gamer these days but I am happy with the machine overall. I do like the toploading door so my discs are never trapped, even if it does feel less premium than earlier PS3s.

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